“To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful… This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking” Agnes De Mille
Fuerteventura 1997
“Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Side, Turkey, 1999
“In a society that worships love, freedom, and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.” Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Paphos, Cyprus, 2006
“One step, two steps, three steps; like winds of time experience joy of centuries, when movements become revelations of the dance of destinies.” Shah Asad Rizvi
Tunisia 2008
“Dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment.” Erol Ozan
Loz & Ben, South Shields UK 2012
“Take his hands, take her hands and dance! There’s a wide and free world calling on you to make it your dance floor.” Ayokunle Falomo,
Danielle & Cal, Sunderland UK 2013
“This is why the idea of finding love across the dance floor endures – symbolizing that, when we know the true rhythm of our heart, we know the other.”Alexandra Katehakis
Nashville, USA, 2014
“The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.” Agnes de Mille
Sunderland Diwali Festival, UK 2017
“Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance ’till you drop.” W.H.Auden
Stotfold Mill Fair, UK 2018
“Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.” Martha Graham
St.Albans, UK 2018
“It doesn’t matter if I’m off the beat. It doesn’t matter if I’m snapping to the rhythm. It doesn’t matter if I look like a complete goon when I dance. It is my dance. It is my moment. It is mine. And dance I will. Try and stop me. You’ll probably get kicked in the face.” ― Dan Pearce,
Pelaw Inn, Gateshead, UK 2019
“Dance like nobody’s watching; love like you’ve never been hurt. Sing like nobody’s listening; live like it’s heaven on earth.” -Mark Twain
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection. — Sigmund Freud
Tanfield Railway, Tyne & Wear, UK 2012
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.”–Anthony Brandt
Bolam Lake, Northumberland UK 2012
“Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.”– Lisa Weed
Staithes, North Yorkshire, UK 2013
“The memories we make with our family are everything.”– Candace Cameron Bure
Saltwell Park, Tyne & Wear, UK 2014
“My children give me the gift of stepping out of the daily ordinariness into the father zone—a place where my innate curiosity, sense of adventure, and love of a weekend gets rediscovered.” –Jeff Stone
Warkworth, Northumberland, UK 2015
“Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you’re just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.” – Pam Brown
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne UK 2016
“To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.” –Shannon L. Alder
Pow Hill Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK 2017
“There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself ”. —-John Gregory
Eddy & Malina Poland, 2017
“In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit.”– Marge Kennedy
Alnwick, Northumberland 2018
“Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of just cause, the triumph of truth.”– Menacheim Begin
Botanical Gardens, County Durham, UK 2018
Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventures, story-tellers, and singers of songs. –Pam Brown
Tynemouth Market, UK 2019
“We are sisters. We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song”. —Elizabeth Fishel
“Music is the universal language of mankind.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Spain 2000
“Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.” ― Edward Bulwer Lytton
Edinburgh, Scotland, 2006
Histories of ages past Unenlightened shadows cast. Down through all eternity The crying of humanity. ‘Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man Comes singing songs of love… —Donovan
Hurdy Gurdy Man, Beamish Museum 2011
“Music is the strongest form of magic.” ― Marilyn Manson
Alnwick, UK 2012
“The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music ‘except country.” ― Chuck Klosterman,
Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 2014
“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.” ― Lao Tzu
York, UK, 2015
“Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.” ― Maria von Trapp
Hurdy Gurdy Lady, Beamish Museum 2016
“… I got to try the bagpipes. It was like trying to blow an octopus” –James Galway
Simonside Country Fair, UK 2017
“Music is the beat of a drum that keeps time with our emotions.” ― Shannon L. Alder
Camel Parade, South SHields, UK 2017
“There is no sorrow in singing.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
“Wearing a hat is fun; people have a good time when they’re wearing a hat”. ~ Philip Treacy
Tunisia 2008
“And all your future lies beneath your hat”. ~ John Oldham
Beamish Museum 2011
People, when they buy a hat, they can’t explain why they want to buy it or why they want it, but they do. It’s like chocolate. ~ Philip Treacy
Cyprus 2012
“Whenever you wear your hat, your day will be special.” ~ Margo Nickel
Sorrento Italy 2013
“Personally I would never want to be a member of any group where you either have to wear a hat, or you can’t wear a hat.””~ George Carlin
Nashville 2014
If you’re going to wear a cowboy hat, you’re going to have to go all the way. You should have livestock around you, settle all of your disputes with a pistol, and ride a horse absolutely everywhere. ~Tom Segura
Farne Islands 2015
“The success of a hat definitely lies with balancing the personality of the wearer with the type of occasion. Don’t listen to those rules about face shape”. ~ Philip Treacy
Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields 2016
We just know inside that we’re queens. And these are the crowns we wear. ~Felecia McMillan
Beamish Museum 2016
“It wasn’t the wearing of the hat that counted so much as having one to wear. Every trade, every craft had its hat. ” ~ Terry Pratchett
Newcastle, The Quays market, 2017
“Why should anyone be frightened by a hat?” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Camel Parade 2017
“I haven’t got an ad lib for people throwing bread rolls at my hat”. ~Tommy Cooper
Seaham 2018
“For no matter what the world, men who deal in headwear are men to be trusted above any other”. ~ Frank Beddor
Tynemouth Market 2018
“Some hats can only be worn if you’re willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you’re only a step away from dancing. They demand a lot of you”. ~ Neil Gaiman
Who doesn’t like the noble steeds, the pretty ponies, the Drey’s? I used to ride when I was a little girl, and love to see horses when I’m out and about. Of course they love to be photographed too!
“From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole.” ― George Gaylord Simpson
Blay, Normandy,France 2007
“The horse. Here is nobility without conceit, friendship without envy, beauty without vanity. A willing servant, yet never a slave.”
—Ronald Duncan
Northumberland, UK, 2011
“A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves – strong, powerful, beautiful – and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.”
—-Pam Brown
Tanfield Railway, Gateshead, UK 2012
“A horse is worth more than riches“.
— Spanish Proverb
Bruges, Belgium 2013
“When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have”
—Winston Churchill
Houffalize, Belgium 2013
“Through the days of love and celebration and joy, and through the dark days of mourning – the faithful horse has been with us always.”
—Elizabeth Cotton
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, UK 2016
“I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a horse.”
—John Galsworthy
Beamish Museum, County Durham, UK 2016
“The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable and grace unlike any other, still remains humble enough to carry a man upon his back.”
—Amber Senti
Simonside Country Fair, Northumberland, UK 2017
“I believe that the value of the horse and the opportunity of the horse in the future is likely to be as great as ever. Aeroplanes and tanks are only accessories to the men and the horse, and I feel sure that as time goes on you will find just as much use for the horse—the well bred horse—as you have ever done in the past.“
—Sir Douglas Haig field marshal in the British Army and a senior officer during World War I.
Beamish Museum, County Durham, UK 2018
“The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and freedom.”
Sharon Ralls Lemon
South Shields, Tyne & Wear, UK 2018
“There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain’t a thing.”
Will Rogers
Florence, Tuscany, Italy, 2019
“Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls, they give us hope.”
Something different this week, so you can have a rest from all the edumacational history normally turning up in your feed on a Sunday. I’ve been taking photographs since I was a teenager, though only really started learning about photography 10 years ago. I love seeing other people when they are engrossed in taking photographs, and if I see someone so engaged, will take a picture of them if I can do it sneakily! So here is my collection of some of the happy people making memories, and a few who do it for a living.
“It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.” – Alfred Eisenstaedt
Tunisia 2008, the resort photographer, lovely chap.
“Photography has no rules, it is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved.” – Bill Brandt
La Gleize, Belgium 2012
“Gosh, my job is so easy! I just click a button all day… said no photographer ever.” – Unknown
Pathos, Cyprus, 2012
“Results are uncertain even among the more experienced photographers.” – Matthew Brady
Bruges, Belgium, 2013
“In the world of photography, you get to share a captured moment with other people.” – James Wilson
Sorrento, Italy 2013
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” – Aaron Siskind
Times Square, New York City, USA 2014
“Photography is a love affair with life.” – Burk Uzzle
Farne Islands, 2015
“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.” – Andy Warhol
Angel of the North, Gateshead, UK 2017
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” – Marc Riboud
Corbridge, Northumberland, UK 2018
“A camera is a SAVE button for the mind’s eye.” – Roger Kingston
Just some people I spotted on our walk around Gateshead & Newcastle.
At Venice Beach 🙂The force is with themGeordie Shore02UpIt wasn’t that bad!Liquid LunchThree HensWalking DudettesWait-ersParty GirlsLiving out of a suitcase.
All pictures embiggenable with a little click
An album of all the Newcastle pictures can be found HERE
We actually had a sunny day back in September last year, and Sophie wanted to go to an open day at All Saints Church in Newcastle. So off we went on the metro, but before we get to the pictures, we must do
The History Bit.
The current All Saints Church stands on the site of a previous medieval church called All Hallows, founded between 1150 and 1190. It is the only elliptical church building in England, a Grade 1 listed building, and the third tallest religious building in Newcastle. The original church was pulled down at the end of the 18th century after architects had reviewed the old church and found “That this decayed building cannot be repaired but at as much expense as building a new one. If one part is taken down the rest will follow. The south wall was in danger of falling by the pressure of the roof; one of the pillars of the steeple had considerably shrunk, and the steeple itself inclined to the south. The stone of the groined arches under the bells was decayed, the timber and bells in great danger of falling in, the stone in several windows decayed, the walls were rotten, and the lime had lost its cement and become almost dust”. David Stephenson, a renowned North East architect designed the new building, and after a couple of adaptations, the new building was completed in 1796, having cost £27,000. Unfortunately in demolishing the old church most of its old monuments, windows, and other interesting relics were not preserved; they either perished or were carried away during the operations.
Interesting factoid (1):- During the Civil Wars (1642–1651) when the Scots captured Newcastle, they commenced, in their fanatical zeal against Popery, to deface the religious monuments. They began at ST.Johns church and destroyed the font there, as fonts tend to be the first thing you come across in a church, and on seeing this, Cuthbert Maxwell a stonemason of Newcastle, got to both All Saints, and St.Nicholas and hid both the fonts before the Scots could get to them, replacing them after The Restoration. The one in St Nicholas is still there, but when the old All Saints Church was demolished the font there was given to given to Alderman Hugh Hornby, an enthusiastic collector of antiquities. It is now housed in St.Wilfreds church in Keilder. Will be going to photograph that at some point I think.
In January 1802, a 30 yard section of the churchyard wall collapsed. Coffins and their contents fell into Silver Street. Repairs to the wall and a nearby house cost £249, 12s and 1d (just over £8000). The church went through restorations in 1881, and remained a church until 1961, when it was deconsecrated.
Interesting factoid (2):- In July 1854, John Alderson, the Beadle of the church, was found guilty of opening graves and stealing the lead from the coffins. According to the Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, Alderson broke open “no less than five vaults”, reporting that “nine leaden coffins enclosing shells in which dead bodies were deposited had been forcibly removed”. Alderson, along with his wife and mother, faced 18 months imprisonment. His bell-ringer and accomplice, Hewison Marshall, received 12 months. Alderson became known as “Jack, the bad Beadle”. (thanks to Icy Sedgewick)
In 1983-84 it was turned into offices/auditorium as the Town Teacher initiative. Following that, it was used by the Royal Northern Sinfonia before their move to The Sage, Gateshead in 2004. The Church of Saint Willibrord with All Saints used it for a while and it has also hosted musical events. Over the winters of 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 flood damage was caused by blocked roof drains leaving the building in a state of semi-disrepair. In 2015 it was placed on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register. In 2019, the local congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales signed a 150-year lease for All Saints. After a comprehensive restoration project, worship services as All Saints Presbyterian Church began in October, 2019.
When we arrived at the heritage open day in September we were, or at least Sophie was, thinking we would see the restoration complete, and would have a tour of the whole place. But it didn’t happen that way. We got there and waited for the first group to be taken round, and then a gentleman gathered those of us waiting our turn and off we went. The outside of the building had a lot of scaffolding and fencing around it, not very photogenic so I took a picture of this couple waiting with us instead
Inappropriate shoes!!
and the young church people helping out.
Sensible shoes!
Inside we stood in the main auditorium and were talked to by one of the Presbyterian people about what they were doing. I took some pictures of the interior.
Think there’s an altar table under the cloth.
Marble floor tiles being laid.
Tantalising glimpse of the upstairs and lovely woodwork at the rear exit.
Next group being talked to.
And that was that. Had the talk, walked through the lower part and shown out the rear exit. Quite disappointing really. It must be all finished now as they started doing services the following month.
So onwards ever onwards, Sophie had spotted an interesting building roof whilst travelling on a train at some point and we went off to find it, it couldn’t be far she thought. We’ll pause here, but stay tooned for our intrepid travels through Newcastle next time.
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